IPL 2022, DC Vs KKR Highlights: Kuldeep Yadav shines as Delhi extend Kolkata's miseries

Shreyas Iyer bowls the penultimate over and starts with two DOT deliveries. 

Shardul fails to score off the next two deliveries as well. Shardul collects a single off the 5th ball. Powell smashes six off the last ball and wins the match for Delhi.

Tim Southee bowls his last over and Shardul collects a couple of runs off the first ball.

Powell smashes the 4th ball for a BIG six. 

Southee concedes 12 runs in the over.

Delhi 143-6 after 18 Overs

Venkatesh Iyer comes into the attack and Rovman Powell dispatches the half-volley into the stands for a SIX.

Rovman Powell hits the second ball towards deep extra cover for a single. Shardul gets an leading edge off the 3rd ball but the falls in no man land. one run taken.

Rovman Powell helps the slow bumper through short fine leg for FOUR and collects a single off the 5th ball towards fine leg. 

Shardul collects a single off the last delivery. 

DC 131/6 (17) CRR: 7.71 REQ: 5.33
Delhi Capitals need 16 runs in 18 balls

Narine bowls his last over of the match and Shardul collects a single off the 2nd ball.

Rovman paddle-sweeps the 4th ball towards deep fine leg fir a couple of runs follows by a single towards point region.

Shardul defends the last ball.

DC 117/6 (16) CRR: 7.31 REQ: 7.5
Delhi Capitals need 30 runs in 24 balls

Andre Russell, right-arm fast, comes into the attack and Axar smashes the first ball for FOUR.

Axar upper-cuts the next ball over third man for a SIX. Axar Patel gets run off the last ball in search of a second run. Mindless running from Rovman and Axar.

DC 113/6 (15) CRR: 7.53 REQ: 6.8
Delhi Capitals need 34 runs in 30 balls

Tim Southee [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack and concedes only five singles.

Delhi 99-5 after 14 Overs

Harshit Rana [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Axar Patel.

Delhi 94-5 after 13 Overs

Umesh Yadav continues and Rishabh Pant edges the first ball to keeper, GONE.

Axar Patel joins Rovman Powell in the middle.

Umesh concedes only three singles in the over.

Delhi 87-5 after 12 Overs

Sunil Narine [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack and gets the wicket of Lalit Yadav.

Narine concedes only one run in the over.

Delhi 84-4 after 11 Overs

Nitish Rana comes into the attack and Lalit smashes first ball for FOUR.

Warner smashes two back-to-back boundaries.

Nitish Rana concedes 14 runs in the over.

Delhi 80-2 after 9 Overs

Umesh Yadav [2.0-0-19-1] is back into the attack and gets the wicket of David Warner.

Umesh concedes 3 runs in the over.

Delhi 83-3 after 10 Overs

Harshit Rana comes back into the attack and concedes three singles off the first three deliveries.

A chest height full toss and Lalit guides it over third man for a SIX. NO BALL.

A swing and miss from Lalit as he failed to get any connection off the FREE HIT. 

Delhi 66-2 after 8 Overs

Narine continues and concedes eight runs, including a boundary to David Warner.

Delhi 55-2 after 7 Overs

Southee continues and Lalit collects a single off the first ball.

Warner pushes the second ball towards mid-off for a single. Lalit hits towards mid-on and collects a single. Warner collects a single towards third man off the 4th delivery.

Delhi 47-2 at the end of powerplay

Sunil Narine, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and concedes six runs, including a boundary to David Warner.

Delhi 42-2 after 5 Overs

Tim Southee comes into the attack and Warner smashes the first ball over mid-off for FOUR.

Warner hits the third ball between mid-wicket and mid-on for FOUR. 

Delhi 36-2 after 4 Overs

Umesh Yadav continues and concedes nine runs, including a boundary to David Warner off the 5th ball.

Delhi 26-2 after 3 Overs

Harshit Rana comes into the attack and Marsh chips the first ball over mid-on for a couple of runs.

Marsh times the second ball over mid-on for FOUR while heaves the third ball straight to deep backward square leg, GONE. 

Lalit Yadav, right handed bat, comes to the crease and fails to score off the remaining three deliveries.

Delhi 17-2 after 2 Overs 

Umesh Yadav bowls the first over and gets the wicket of Prithvi Shaw off the first delivery. Shaw gets an leading edge and Umesh Yadav take a STUNNER to send Shaw packing.

Mitchell Marsh arrives at the crease and edges the first ball he faced between first slip and keeper for FOUR.

Marsh chips the 5th ball over covers for FOUR. Warner hits the last ball through extra cover for FOUR.

Delhi 11-1 after 1 Over

Mustafizur bowls the last over and Nitish Rana collects a single towards deep mid-wicket.

Rinku Singh departs in search of a big hit. GONE. Umesh Yadav arrives at the crease and collects a leg byes. Pant takes REVIEW, the ball was pitched outside leg stump. 

Nitish Rana slices the 4th ball to deep point and Chetan Sakariya completes the catch, GONE. 

Tim Southee arrives at the crease and Mustafizur nails a yorker, Southee CASTLED. 

A swing and miss from Harshit to end the over.

Kolkata 146-9 after 20 Overs

Shardul Thakur comes back into the attack and Nitish Rana goes inside out, deposits the ball into extra cover stands for a SIX. With this, Rana completes his fifty. 

Rinku Singh smashes the 5th ball straight down the ground for FOUR. A couple of runs for Rinku to end the over.

Shardul concedes 16 runs in the over.

Kolkata 144-6 after 19 Overs 

Mustafizur Rahman comes back into the attack and Rinku Singh collects a single off the first ball

Nitish Rana fails to make any connection off the next two deliveries. 

Nitish Rana smashes the 4th ball towards extra cover for FOUR follows by a single.

Rinku Singh carves the last ball through backward point for FOUR.

Kolkata 128-6 after 18 Overs

Lalit Yadav continues and Nitish Rana pushes the first ball towards long-off for a single.

Rinku collects a single off the second ball. Nitish Rana smashes the third ball for a SIX and umpire calls it a waist height no ball. 

Nitish Rana manages to collect only a single off the FREE HIT. 

Nitish Rana deposits the 5th ball into the extra cover stands for a SIX. DOT to end the over.

Lalit concedes 17 runs in the over.

Kolkata 118-6 after 17 Overs

Chetan Sakariya [2.0-0-6-1] is back into the attack and Rinku Singh cuts the first ball for FOUR while collects a single off the next.

Nitish Rana edges the 3rd ball towards third man boundary for FOUR. 

Kolkata 101-6 after 16 Overs

Lalit Yadav comes into the attack and concedes only four singles.

Kolkata 89-6 after 15 Overs

Kuldeep Yadav [2.0-0-12-2] is back into the attack and gets the prized wicket of Shreyas Iyer off the first delivery.

Andre Russell arrives at the crease and gets stumped in search of big. Kolkata losing wickets in pack.

TIMEOUT

Kuldeep concedes only two runs in the over.

Kolkata 85-6 in 14 Overs

Lalit Yadav, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and concedes 11 runs, including a SIX to Nitish Rana.

Kolkata 83-4 after 13 Overs

Axar Patel comes back into the attack and concedes 11 runs, including two boundaries to Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata 72-4 after 12 Overs

Shardul Thakur [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes 11 runs.

Kolkata 61-4 after 11 Overs

Kuldeep Yadav continues after the timeout and concedes 10 runs, including a boundary to Nitish Rana.

Kolkata 56-4 after 10 Overs

Axar Patel continues and concedes nine runs, including a boundary to Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata 46-4 after 9 Overs

Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack and wreaks havoc. He gets the wicket of Indrajith and Sunil Narine in the same over.

Kolkata 37-4 after 8 Overs

Mustafizur is back in the attack and concedes five runs.

Kolkata 29-2 at the end of powerplay

Axar Patel comes to the attack and Shreyas taps the first ball towards point region for a single. 

Venkatesh comes down the wicket and hits the ball back to bowler. Baba Indrajith joins Shreyas in the middle.

Axar concedes four runs in the over.

Kolkata 24-2 after 5 Overs

Ball on the pads, Venkatesh looking to hit over short fine leg but fails to get the desired timing, GONE. Venkatesh's horrid run continues in IPL 2022.

Chetan Sakariya continues and concedes only four singles in the over.

Kolkata 21-1 after 4 Overs

Shardul Thakur, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes 11 runs including a boundary to Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata 17-1 after 3 Overs

Chetan Sakariya comes into the attack and Finch dances down the ground and goes for a biggie but manages only a top edge. Rovman Powell covers great distance but fails to hold on the catch. Two runs taken.

Finch goes for the cross-batted shot again but fails to make any connection, BOWLED. Sakaria takes his first wicket for Delhi Capitals.

Shreyas Iyer arrives at the crease and collects a LEG BYES. Venkatesh collects a single towards backward point. 

Sakariya end the over with a suprise bumper to Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata 6-1 after two overs

Mustafizur bowls the first over and starts with a WIDE.

Finch advancing down the track to avoid the in swinging delivery. He takes a single off the 4th delivery. 

Venkatesh Iyer leaves the 5th ball alone and edges the last ball towards flying slip for no run.

Kolkata 2-0 after 1 Over

Aaron Finch and Venkatesh Iyer are at the crease. Finch on strike. Mustafizur opens the attack.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Baba Indrajith(w), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya.

Rishabh Pant wins the toss and elects to bowl first

Chetan Sakaria gets his debut cap for Delhi ahead of KKR vs DC toss.

Harshit Rana and Baba Indrajith get the debut cap ahead of KKR vs DC toss.

In the 31 meetings between these two teams of IPL, KKR dominated with 16 wins while Delhi Capitals registered 14 victories.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith,Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, VarunChakaravarthy, Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammed Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (Captain), Ashwin Hebbar, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Prithvi Shaw,Rovman Powell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti,Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, KS Bharat and Tim Seifert.

KKR need to get their combination right and the batters, including skipper Iyer, will have to put up an improved show.

Shreyas failed in the last game and so did the opening pair of Sam Billings and Sunil Narine. If they continue with the same openers, the two would need to give an aggressive start.

For the likes of Shreyas, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh and Venkatesh Iyer, it won’t be an easy task, especially against inform Delhi spinners. Pushing Venkatesh down in the middle order has also not worked yet.

Shreyas has said it was just a matter of time and once KKR get going, they will be unstoppable as a team.

Delhi's bowling has fared well, but will need to forget the hammering at the hands of Jos Buttler. Khaleel Ahmed has been taking wickets upfront and has been complemented by Mustafizur Rahman, who can also be effective at the death.

While Kuldeep Yadav has redeemed himself, the other spinners Axar and Lalit have also played their parts to perfection. The trio has combined 20 wickets and their 12 overs would be vital.

KKR have lost five out of eight games, including four on the trot, and are currently placed eighth in the 10-team standings.

KKR would be looking to emulate their 2021 turnaround when they won five out of their last seven games after managing just two wins in the first seven to storm into the qualifiers and finished as the runner-up side.

Kolkata Knight Riders are enduring a torrid time this IPL but skipper ShreyasIyer on Tuesday expressed optimism for a turnaround, saying the former champions would be "unstoppable as a team" once they get into their groove.

"We are ticking all the boxes to get on to the field and win matches. It's just the execution part (where we are lacking). It's just a matter of time once we get going, we will be unstoppable as a team," he said.

"We just got to know the qualifiers are at the Eden Gardens so we'll put in our 100 per cent efforts to see to it that we win the games and go out there and entertain the fans," Iyer said

Pant will need to take greater responsibility along with the likes of all-rounders Lalit Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Axar Patel.

Pant can single-handedly turn any game, but he hasn’t played to his potential and come Thursday at the Wankhede, where the tracks have helped batters, the skipper would look to come good.

Add to it, Powell’s six-hitting prowess, Delhi have all the necessary firepower.

With the Delhi batting line-up comprising David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant and Powell, KKR’s varied attack has to be on guard to stop the rampage.

Warner, after striking three back to back fifties, faltered against the Royals and would need itching to play another impactful knock. Ditto for Shaw, who needs to convert his starts into big scores.

Delhi’s latest option at number three, Sarfaraz Khan, looked good in patches but failed to take his team home in quite a few occasions now.

Delhi Capitals will look to put the 'no-ball' controversy behind and gain much needed momentum against another side seeking course correction, the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Delhi suffered a 15-run loss against Rajasthan Royals, a game marred by a no ball controversy over a high full toss that resulted in a one match ban for assistant coach Pravin Amre.

Head coach Ricky Ponting watched the tight finish in quarantine and felt helpless. Now he is back with the team and is confident of finding momentum which allow his players to play to their potential.

Delhi Capitals are currently seventh on the points table with three wins in seven outings. KKR are placed eighth having lost their last four games.

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Having lost 4 back-to-back matches, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) would look to come back on the winning track when they take on Delhi Capitals (DC) for the second time this season on Thursday at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Delhi had won their first clash against Kolkata in IPL 2022. TAP HERE TO WATCH THE FULL PREVIEW

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